The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1986 Page: 3 of 40
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Australian
Teams representing the Air
Force Navy Marine Corps and
the RAAF have gathered to test
skills endurance and aircraft in
the eight-day competition.
“We’re expecting to win”
proclaimed Squadron Leader
John Jolly.
With those expectations in
mind Squadron 6 has brought
40'men and the impressive RF-
111C a tw -seat aria le
.swept-wing strike/reconnaiss-
ance version of the F-111C.
.. MAKING THE RF-111C ver-
satile is its variable geometry
wing which can be swept for-
ward for slower landings and
takeoffs and swept back for
high speeds.
ever a is tin dis-
advantage in tactical recon-
naissance is the configuration
of the pilot’s seats. Most aircraft
are designed for tandem sea-
lin (pilots sit one behind the
pther) while in the RF-111C the
pilots sit side-by-side there-
fore not giving each man the
same field of vision while re-
conning and photographing
terrain.
Reconnaissance equipment
on the RF-111C includes: ter-
rain-following radar low- and
Nellis
(Cont. from pg. Al)
ter the AH-64A which is part of
the reason the Army chose it.
W e’re rim warily a night
fighting unit. Like the Apache
Indians we can come up at
night in small numbers where
e’re least expected strike
hard and move fast” said Capt.
D. ark Ferrell operations
officer for the 3rd Sqdn 6th
Cav 6th Cav Bde (AC) who ar-
rived at Nellis AFB Oct. 14 from
Fort Hood for a joint Air Force-
Army exercise. They are the
first and only com bat-ready
unit assigned the Apache heli-
copter.
THE FIGHTIN capabilities
ctf the helicopter are compara-
ble to the tactics used by the
Apache Indians.
Using its advanced infrared
sighting system HELLFIRE
laser-guided missiles 2.75 inch
1 rockets a 30 millimeter can-
non and Apache Indian techni-
ques of hiding in the hills or
qther terrain features the AH-
64A can see enemies and pick
away a th ith th
enemy ever getting a glimpse of
tfiem.
*Even if the enemy sees the
4 AH-64A its missiles give it the
r$nge to fire upon them without
b£ing in th range of a ti-
aircraft artillery.
In the exercise completed
(jet. 23 on the Nellis range AH-
64A Apaches teamed up with
Air Force A-lOs and F-16s. Hid-
ing in the southern Nevada hills
that were once apart of the
Apache Nation the Army heli-
ters and A ir orce jets
blasted mock enemy targets off
the hot desert floors.
*&
“THE PURPOSE of the exer-
cise was to determine the capa-
bility of the advanced Army
weapons system versus the old
AH-1 Cobra helicopter” Capt.
Mel McKenney 422nd Test and
E valuation S quadron A-10
project coordinator said. “The
difference is the increased stan-
doff range of the AH-64A. It can
kill the threat from a greater
distance than the AH-1.”
Ferrell was happy with the
sfluccess of the exercise. “We
had a pretty good idea what we
anted to do before we got
here” he said. “We had the
opportunity to rework our tac-
tics with the Apache’s ability to
engage the enemy at such a dis-
tance. We found areas we were
confident would ork well
which did.In other areas they
worked better than we thought
they would.”
COORDINATING tactics
ith the Apaches and A-10s
together was a major part of the
exercise. The A-10 was able to
actually use the Apache’s laser
I to find targets.
■i The Apache would shoot its
laser at the target and the A-10
ith its av od
Ovhich is a laser receiver)
would catch the reflected beam
apd be able to zero in on the
target.
A lso used in the exercise
were several observation heli-
obpters the OH-58C Kiowa.
AH-64As ere trans-
ported to Nellis by the 68th
military A irlift S ad ro
433rd Military Airlift Wing Kel-
ly AFB Texas from Robert
it Gray Army Airfield in a C-5.
ig a ltitu a ra ic
cam eras a series of vertical
cameras infrared sensors and
forward oblique and vertical
television cameras.
“WE’RE PLANNING on us-
ing our standard operating pro-
cedures” Jolly said. “We’re not
using anything new.”
The squadron com wander
indicated that standard opera-
tions are to finish as a winner in
the competition.
“We’re quite happy with the
idea of the exercise being a
competition” Jolly said. “Com-
petition is always very good
training right down to the men
who service the airplanes.
“The deployment from Au-
stralia to here is quite a major
The Chief of Staff U.S. Army
has approved two changes to
the wear of insignia on the en-
listed dress and mess uniforms.
THE FIRST change is that
female enlisted soldiers are
now authorized to wear one-
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training task itself” he added.
The missions in the competi-
tion are to recon four targets
throughout Texas such as the
plato on-size arrays at ort
Hood.
While searching for ground
targets pilots ill fend off
“enemy” attacks in the air.
WE HAVE NO real idea
hat e’ll encounter” Jolly
said. We’ll be looking for
enemy aircraft trying to attack
us while we’re trying to hit the
targets. On the ground I expect
th ere’s going to be artillery
arm mored vehicles throughout
the target area and that sort of
thing” Jolly added.
In the squadron’s 70 year his-
tory training men to fend off
enemy aircraft and conducting
tactical reconnaissance is no-
thing new.
The 6th Squadron can trace
its origins back to 1917 when a
training squadron was formed
in the United Kingdom to train
pilots for the Australian Flying
Corps.
Although disbanded at the
close of World War I Squadron
6 was reformed in 1937 and
equipped with Hawker Demon
biplanes later switching air-
craft inventory to the twin-
fourth inch seam-to-seam ser-
vice stripes on the blue and
white dress uniforms.
ie S ta ff also
approved wear of sew-on chev-
rons and service stripes on the
enlisted blue-white mess uni-
forms. Presently enlisted sol-
diers wear a modified trefoil
A
(Cont. from pg. Al)-
engined Avro Ansons.
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AT TH E O UTBREAK of
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east coast of A ustralia. The
Ansons were replaced during
Dress mess insignia wear to change
with pin-on insignia of grade
centered in the middle. Wear
and appearance of Army uni-
forms and insignia is described
in AR 670-1 figure 25-11. The
modified trefoil ill be re-
moved and the one-half inch
gold braid will be replaced with
a one-eighth inch soutache
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Thursday N ovem ber 6 1986 THE FT. HOOD SENTINEL
RAAF 'O ne-Eleven' on a recon flight
the war with Lockheed Hud-
a late is to
Beauforts.
A series of aircraft missions
and isb an en ts colored
Squadron 6’s history until now
as they operate F-111C F-111A
braid (same braid as worn on
the sleeves of the Army blue
dress uniform). Chevrons and
service stripes will be attached
as prescribed in paragraphs 31-
7e and 31-25c(2).
These changes are effective
immediately but will not be
mandatory until Oct. 1 1986.
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A3
and RF-111C in land and mari-
time strike roles and strategic
and tactical reconnaissance.
The squadron is also responsi-
ble for training all the F-111C
crews of the Royal Australian
Air Force.
The one-fourth inch gold braid
for the female service stripes
ill be available for order
through the military clothing
sales store on or about Nov. 5
1986. These will be incorpo-
rated into the next update to
AR 670-1 scheduled for release
in January 1987.
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